# माण्डव्य (māṇḍavya)

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माण्डव्य (māṇḍavya) is a Sanskrit word meaning an astronomer, name of a people, of a school of the Bahvrcas, name of a place, the name of a teacher, a proper name. Its 12 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Māṇḍavya as an individual (Sage, Teacher, Proper Name), Māṇḍavya as a people or school, Māṇḍavya as a place name.

- **SLP1:** `mARqavya`  **IAST:** māṇḍavya  **Devanagari:** माण्डव्य
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandavya
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/mandavya/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** माण्ड्व्य (māṇḍvya)

## Meanings by context

### Māṇḍavya as an individual (Sage, Teacher, Proper Name) (7 definitions)
- The name of a teacher whose descendants are referred to in the plural  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 806,3] माण्डव्य (māṇḍavya) m. ( patr. fr. मण्डु (maṇḍu) g. गर्गा (gargā) दि (di) ) N. of a teacher ( pl. his descendants), ŚBr. &c. &c. [ ID=162145 ]
- Name of a teacher  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > माण्डव्य (māṇḍavya) [Printed book page 224-2 ] माण्डव्य (māṇḍavya) mā́ṇḍav-ya, m. pat. ( fr. maṇḍu), N. of a teacher: pl. his descendants. [ ID=13960 ]
- A proper name  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > माण्डव्य (māṇḍavya) [Printed book page 0697-a ] माण्डव्य (māṇḍavya) māṇḍavya, i. e. maṇḍu, A proper name, + ya, patronym., m. A proper name, Chr. 46, 28. [ ID=11153 ]
- 1. The name of a teacher. 2. The descendants of Mandavya or the name of a people. 3. The name of a place.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > माण्डव्य (māṇḍavya) [Printed book page 0768-a ] Māṇḍavya, as, m. (fr. maṇḍu ), a patronymic, N. of a teacher; ( ās ), m. pl. the descendants of Māṇḍavya; N. of a people; ( as, am ), m. or n. (?), N. of a place. —Māṇḍavya-pura, am, n., N. of a city on the Godā. —Māṇḍavyeśvara (°ya-īś°), am, n., N. of a Liṅga. —Māṇḍavyeśvara-tīrtha, am, n., N. of a place of pilgrimage. [ ID=36933 ]
- Name of a sage  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > माण्डव्य (māṇḍavya) [Printed book page 462-2 ] Māṇḍavya, a ṛṣi (= Aṇīmāṇḍavya). § 171 (Vicitravīrya- sutotpatti): I, 106, 4302 ( Dharmo Vidurarūpeṇa śāpāt tasya Page463-a+ 63 mahātmanaḥ | M°sya, cf. § 172).—§ 172 (Aṇīmāṇḍavyop.): I, 107, 4306 (why M. was called Aṇīmāṇḍavya, q.v., his cursing Dharma, to be born as Vidura).—§ 573 (Ambopākhyānap.): V, 186, 7355 ( °syāśrame, there Ambā performed austerities).—§ 637 (Rājadh.): XII, 47 η, 1598 (among the ṛṣis who surrounded Bhīṣma on his arrow- bed).—§ 689 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 277, 9916, 9927 (his discourse with Janaka).—§ 730 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 18 κκ, (1343) (being impaled, cf. § 172, M. had adored Śiva, who promised his deliverance).—§ 788 (Āśramavāsap.): XV, 28, 752 ( °śāpād dhi sa vai Dharmo Viduratāṃ gataḥ ), 754 ( °enarṣiṇā Dharmo hy abhibhūtaḥ, cf. § 172). Cf. Aṇīmāṇḍavya. [ ID=7046 ]
- 1. A Bhargava gotrakara. 2. The sage who cursed Yama to be born as Vidura.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Māṇḍavya (II) — a Bhārgava gotrakāra. 1 The sage who cursed Yama to be born as Vidura. 2 [ Footnote: 1) M. 195. 21.] [ Footnote: 2) Bhā. III. 5. 20; Br. II. 27. 25.] [ ID=10561 ]
- a teacher mentioned in the Shatapatha Brahmana, Shankhayana Aranyaka, and Sutras  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > माण्डव्य (māṇḍavya) [Printed book page 2-148 ] Māṇḍavya, ‘descendant of Maṇḍu,’ is mentioned as a teacher in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, 1 in the Śāṅkhāyana Āraṇyaka, 2 and in the Sūtras. 3 He is also mentioned as a pupil of Kautsa in the last Vaṃśa (list of teachers) of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad. 4 [ Footnote: 1) x. 6, 5, 9.] [ Footnote: 2) vii. 2.] [ Footnote: 3) Āśvalāyana Gṛhya Sūtra, iii. 4, 4; Śāṅkhāyana Gṛhya Sūtra, iv. 10; vi. 1. Cf. Weber, Indische Studien 1, 482 (in the Epic a friend of Janaka is so named).] [ Footnote: 4) vi. 5, 4 Kāṇva.] [ ID=2436 ]

### Māṇḍavya as a people or school (2 definitions)
- Name of a people  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > pl. N. of a people, Var. [ ID=162147 ]
- of a school of the Bahvrcas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a school of the Bahv-ṛcas, Divyāv. [ ID=162148 ]

### Māṇḍavya as a place name (2 definitions)
- Name of a place  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > माण्डव्य (māṇḍavya) m. or n. (?) N. of a place, Cat. [ ID=162149 ]
- a sacred bathing place dedicated to Mandavi  
  *The Purana Index*
  > माण्डव्य (māṇḍavya) [Printed book page 2-676 ] Māṇḍavya (I) — a tīrtha sacred to Māṇḍavī. M. 13. 42. [ ID=10560 ]

### Māṇḍavya as an astronomer (1 definition)
- An astronomer  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of an astronomer, Var. [ ID=162146 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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